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with this issue. However, Rumford published 1 The background of these experiments was the idea to find out which part of the (visible) spectrum might affect lenses in a telescope in the most significant [...] energy dis- sipation (and in this respect entropy) had been developed, both Joule’s and Carnot’s findings were no longer in contradiction. In some sense, this contradiction together with the growing ac- [...] is relevant for the acceptance of Joule’s work in the British scientific community: Ignoring his findings may in part be explained by the fact that Joule was a brewery owner in Man- chester. Even though

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• Mouchot and the solar cooker

quackery. Its main purpose was to abuse uneducated people. In this chaos, it was extremely hard to find reliable data, so we cannot be sure what scientific theories existed in that time. These theories [...] nature and structure of matter” please discuss in your team this view. Research in the internet to find important experiments in the history of science, which were milestones for the development of science [...] element A that reacted with the same amount of element B to two different com- pounds. From this finding Dalton formulated another law. the law of multiple proportions characterizes that if two elements

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• Democritus and the atoms

her mother told her about their success in the laboratory finding a new and unexpected truth about Nature. Even though sometimes their findings in the end turned out to be erroneous. And of course there [...] his experimental findings. However, there was something else that puzzled them, something that seemingly had not been noticed by other researchers: Irene wondered, “If Chadwick’s findings are correct, and [...] (Indicative important points of this story: description of Irene and Frederic’s experiment, experimental findings of Anderson, experimental discovery of Chadwick, how these discoveries have affected their work

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• Joliot-Curie and artificial radioactivity

model of Rutherford with the atomic model of Democritus. 1. Find and write the differences and similarities between the two atomic models. 2. Find and write the differences between the philosophical and [...] and Physical Sci- ence (specifically Electricity and Magnetism). After graduation, he had problems finding a permanent job. He applied to be a school teacher, but after multiple failed attempts to obtain [...] /rutherford-scattering and download the relevant application. Activate it and study it carefully. Find the controls with which you can choose a model of the atom. Make visible the orbit and amend the energy

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• Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom

with this issue. However, Rumford published 1 The background of these experiments was the idea to find out which part of the (visible) spectrum might affect lenses in a telescope in the most significant [...] energy dis- sipation (and in this respect entropy) had been developed, both Joule’s and Carnot’s findings were no longer in contradiction. In some sense, this contradiction together with the growing ac- [...] is relevant for the acceptance of Joule’s work in the British scientific community: Ignoring his findings may in part be explained by the fact that Joule was a brewery owner in Man- chester. Even though

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• Rumford and calorics

increase the budget of the Bavarian army while increasing the number of troops and their wages, he had to find a means to re- duce costs. The first measure was to lower the costs of the soldiers’ uniforms by employing [...] part, based on experi- ments Santorio conducted on himself. On the opening page of his book, one finds an illustration of the ex- help with minor tasks if they wanted to do so (see Redlich 1971, pp. 184 [...] perspiration. Additionally, he invented measurement devices to determine pulse and body temperature. His findings are the first results from a long-term study on human metabolism. Energy in Combustion Whereas Santorio

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• Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier and respiration

became a member of the Philosophical and Medical Society of Edinburgh. But his important scientific findings he published in 1753 in his classic work A Treatise on the Scurvy and dedicated it to Lord Anson [...] this photo we can see the cover of the History of Medicine book. Please observe this photo. You can find more information about the scurvy. Research in the internet in order to construct a poster for the [...] increase the budget of the Bavarian army while increasing the number of troops and their wages, he had to find a means to re- duce costs. The first measure was to lower the costs of the soldiers’ uniforms by employing

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• Lind and scurvy

with this issue. However, Rumford published 1 The background of these experiments was the idea to find out which part of the (visible) spectrum might affect lenses in a telescope in the most significant [...] energy dis- sipation (and in this respect entropy) had been developed, both Joule’s and Carnot’s findings were no longer in contradiction. In some sense, this contradiction together with the growing ac- [...] is relevant for the acceptance of Joule’s work in the British scientific community: Ignoring his findings may in part be explained by the fact that Joule was a brewery owner in Man- chester. Even though

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• The hard work of experimenting James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

managed to find suitable places to observe the lecture. Professor Georg Christoph Lichtenberg walked onto the platform, because of his height, and he started stately: ‘during today’s lecture we will find out

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• Lichtenberg and the electrophorus

and Physical Science (specifically Electricity and Magnetism). After graduation, he had problems finding a permanent job. He applied to be a school teacher, but after multiple failed attempts to obtain [...] element A that reacted with the same amount of element B to form two different compounds. From this finding, Dalton formu- lated another law: the law of multiple proportions. This law states that if two elements [...] chemical ele- ments had the ability to emit such radiation. There were several more astonishing findings, among them the transformation of one element into another in the process of an α- or a β-decay

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• Maria Skłodowska-Curie: discoverer of two radioactive elements